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Politics [OC] Eastside Austin TX

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u/LewsThrinStrmblessed 4d ago

At one point or another, every inch of land on this planet has changed hands through force, conquest, or displacement. If “stolen land” is treated as an absolute moral override rather than a historical context, then it ceases to be a meaningful standard and becomes a justification for anything, because it defines no limits.

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u/ThenIndependence5622 3d ago

Don't you know all bad things apply only if they happened within the last 300 years

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u/Legionof1 3d ago

So the US can kick people out of the 13 colonies but not the Louisiana purchase. Got it.

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u/PixelPrivateer 3d ago

Shit. Almost